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The simmering saga over missing emails from the employee mail account of Michael J. Kineavy, a close aide to Boston mayor Thomas Menino, was kicked up a notch yesterday by the revelation that an old computer of Kineavy's had been found in City Hall.

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Acting swiftly to comply with an order from Secretary of State William F. Galvin, the administration of Boston Mayor Thomas Menino has hired StoneTurn Group to search the hard drive of Menino aide Michael J. Kineavy. StoneTurn Group is an multinational firm offering specialized services in complex business litigation, forensic accounting, computer forensics, and employment litigation.

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The perils of computer tech work are on display in a Philadelphia federal courtroom, where two computer technicians are scheduled to testify against their former boss, Vincent J. Fumo, who is facing corruption charges. Fumo is a former Pennsylvania state senator.

The two technicians, Leonard Luchko and Mark Eister, plead guilty to obstruction of justice charges in 2006 for their role in wiping potentially damaging e-mails from Fumo's system. A third technician, Donald J. Wilson, has been cooperating with the Federal Bureau of Investigation under a grant of immunity.

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